⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:18 · UTAH 11-4 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 1:49 · UTAH 84-70 OKC
- Winner
Mehmet Okur hit a 24-foot three jumper, Deron Williams with the assist
Q4 0:01 · UTAH 109-107 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:43 · UTAH 98-90 OKC
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:23 · UTAH 98-92 OKC
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur bad pass
Q4 2:56 · UTAH 99-95 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:03 · UTAH 11-12 OKC
- Go-ahead
Rashard Lewis hit a 25-foot three jumper, Ray Allen with the assist
Q4 1:35 · UTAH 102-103 OKC
- Go-ahead
Ray Allen hit a driving layup
Q4 0:07 · UTAH 106-107 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 32 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
